“Words lose their meaning when you look at them too long. ‘God.’ ‘Science.’ Meaning.” — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What's this business of being a writer. It's just putting one word after another. — Irving Thalberg Copy Share Image
Photography is a foreign language everyone thinks he speaks. — Philip-Lorca diCorcia Copy Share Image
A freelance is one who gets paid by the word -- per piece or perhaps. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
“I write because words swim around in my head like unruly tadpoles until I do” — Maureen Tuohy Copy Share Image
Digestion of words as well; I often read aloud to myself in my writing corner in the library, where no one can… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which… — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
“The manner in which the exclusionary nature of the English language is used in knowledge prodution separates us as humans.” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
With every day that passes, David Blunkett becomes more insensitive in his language and more intemperate in his actions. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
The character of our language defines us, and dictionaries say as much about us as about the way we speak. — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
After we become literate, we literally 'think differently' about language: images of brain activation between literate and nonliterate humans bear this out. — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it… — Quintilian Copy Share Image
My brothers and sisters and I spoke in a language called Egg Latin. In the early '50s in Canada, this became a… — Phil Hartman Copy Share Image
All our surest statements about the nature of the world are mathematical statements, yet we do not know what mathematics "is"... and… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
We just need more complex, important roles that tell our experiences as an immigrant; as someone with an accent, but also American;… — Fala Chen Copy Share Image
There was a beauty in the trash of the alleys which I had never noticed before; my vision seemed sharpened, rather than… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
If I looked at some of these pieces as if this project was not spoken-word but just short anthology, I probably would… — Richard Meltzer Copy Share Image
“We throw in as many fresh words as we can get away with. Simple, short sentences don't always work. You have to… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
“We always think of language as an immovable object, as this set of codified and unbreakable rules. But when you consider that… — John Green Copy Share Image
“But once an original book has been written-and no more than one or two appear in a century-men of letters imitate it,… — Pierre Boulle Copy Share Image
